Truck for baggage, &amp;c.



B. L. WESTBRVELT TRUCK FOR BAGGAGE, 8w.

APPLIOATION FILED DEG. 17,1906.

PATENTED MAR 26, 1907.

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APPLICATION FILED DEO.17, 1906.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented March 26, 1907.

Application filed December 17, 1908. Serial No. 348L099.-

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BENJAMIN L. WESTER- vELT, a citizen-of the United States, residing at New York city, New York county, New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trucks for Baggage, &c., of which the following is a full, clear, and ex act description.

The object of my invention is to provide a truck for baggage or the like with a horizontally-adjustable floor or latform in order that the truck may be loa ed while the platform is depressed and then elevated tothe height of the baggage-car door or wagon and the load delivered without unnecessary handling.

Figure 1 is a sectional side view of a truck constructed in accordance with rnyinvention. Fig. 2 is an end view of the same with the end braces removed. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the base with the up er frame removed to show the connections or elevating and depressing the same. tions between the lazy-tongs on one side.

1 1 are the side beams of the base-frame, preferably made of channel-irons facing each other, as shown in Fig. 2.

2 2 are end braces secured to the side beams and are bent over at 3 3 to engage and clamp the ends of said side beams.

At each end of the beams l 1 depend brackets 4, provided with bearings for the shafts 5 5 of the wheels 6.

Intermediate the ends each side beam 1 supports a bracket 7, provided with bearings for the shaft 8 of the large center wheels 9.

The frame of the adjustable platform or floor of the truck is formed of two side beams 10 10, preferably channel-iron, facing each other, similar to the base-beams l 1 and similarly connected at the ends by braces 11 11. The side'beams are further braced by a number of transverse angle-irons 12, secured to the upper side of the channel-irons and upon which the wooden floor 13 is secured. A series of rollers 14 may be provided'upon the floor 13 to facilitate the moving of the load placed thereon.

. The platform-frame and the base-frame are connected by two corresponding pairs of lazy-tongs on each side. Each pair of lazyton s consist of two members 15 and 16, pivote at their center on the cross-bar 17, joining the corresponding pairs. The upper extremities of each member 15 and 16 is vided with a bushing 18. A shaft 19 passes Fig. 4 is a detail of the connecprothrough the bushing 18 of the corresponding members on each side and carrying rollers 20 20, adapted to operate between the flanges of the channelirons 1O 10. The lower extremities of members 16 16 are each provided with similar bushings 19, surrounding shafts. The two shafts 21 nearest the center of the base-frame are each provided with rollers 22, adapted to operate between the flanges of the channels on the side beams 1 1 of the baseframe. The outer shafts 23 pass through the bushing on the outer lower ends of the members 15 and 16 and are secured at each end to the longitudinal plates 24. Each of these plates carry two rollers 25, adapted to operate between the flanges of the channel-irons 1 1, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. By these lazy-tongs and rollers the platform is secured to the base-frame, and any movement of the latform will be in a plane parallel to thease-frame.

The elevation or depression of the platform is accomplished by the shaft 26, provided with right and left handed screw-threaded portions at the ends engaging correspondmgly-threaded blocks 27 27, mounted upon each of the shafts 23.. A crank 28 is applied to either end of the shaft, and it is obvious that by turnin the' same the screw-threaded blocks will be awn together or forced a art and the platform elevated or depressed the case may be, by the action of the lazytongs. To distribute the strain more evenly between all the lazy-tongs,.the outer lower end of each member is connected to the inner lower end of the corresponding member of the other pair on the same side by a bar 29, passing over the shaft 21 and curved downwardly at the ends to engage the shafts 21 and 23, as shown in detail in Fig. 4.

The operation of the device is as follows: Suplposing the platform to be depressed, then the azy-tongs will be opened to their farthest extent, and to elevate the latform it is only necessaryto rotate the shaft 26 by the handle 28, which will draw the lower ends of the lazy-tongs together, and thus elevate the platform. When it is desired to depress the platform, it is only necessary to rotate the shaft 26 in the opposite direction. v

To overcome anytendency on the part of the shaft 26 to longitudinal movement in either direction caused by overloading one end of the truck, two adjustable collars 29 are secured to the shaft by set-screws 30 on both sides where it passes through the end base .2. These collars may be placed at I left handed screw-threaded either end or on both ends and form a thrustbearing for the'shaft. I o What I claim is 1. In a truck, the combination of a base supported on Wheels,a base-frame composed of side beams and end braces, said side beams provided with upper and lower inturned members, a platform composed of side beams provided with up er and lower inturned members and end races, a'plurality of corresponding pairs of lazy-tongs connecting the corres onding side beams of the base. frame an platform, means connecting the corresponding members of each pair of lazytongs on the same side and means for simultaneously opening or closing said pairs of lazy-tongs.

' 2. In a truck, the combination of a baseframe provided with side beams, having in- .turned members,-a platform provided with similar side beams and inturned members, a plurality of corresponding pairs of lazytongs on each side, carrying rollers adapted to operate between the sai inturned members of said side beams, means connecting the corresponding members of each pair of lazyton s on the same side and means to operate sai lazy-tongs to elevate or depress said platform.

3. In a truck, the combination of a baseframe, a platform, a plurality of corresponding lazy-tongs on each side connecting vthe platform and base-frame, means on each side connecting the lower ends of the corresponding members of each air of lazy-tongs on the same side and additional means to operate said lazy-tongs to elevate or depress the platform. 7

4. In a truck, the combination of a baseframe, a platform, a plurality of corresponding lazy-ton s on each side connecting the platform an base-frame, shafts connecting the extremities of the corresponding members of each op osing pair of lazy-tongs,

means on-each s1 e connecting the lower ends of the corresponding members of eachpair of lazy-tongs on the same side, a longitudinal shaft passing shafts prov1 d at the ends with right and above the lower connecting- I portions engaging correspondingly screw-t readed blocks secured to the shafts'joining the outer lower lazy-tong members. v v

5. In a truck, the combination of-a baseframe provided ,with side beams having inturned members, a platform providedwith similar side beams having inturned-members, a plurality of corresponding lazy tongs on each side, each member of said lazy-tongs provided with a bushing, a shaft passing through the bushing. of each correspondingly opposing 'memb'er, rollers mounted-on the ends of said shafts adapted to operate between the said inturned members of the said side beams,'means provided on each side to connect the lower corresponding shafts of; each pair oflazy-tongs, a longitudinal shaft I provided at'either end with a right and left and screw-threaded portion engaging a similarly screw-threaded block secured to the outer lower lazy-tong members and'a crank to operate said shaft.

6. In a truck, he combination of-a base.-

frame provided with side beams having in-,

turned members, a platform provided with similar side beams haying inturned members, a plurality of corresponding lazy-tongs on each side, shafts passing through thecorre sponding o posing extremities of eachmember of sai lazy-tongs, rollers mounted on each of said shaftsv assing through the u per extremities of the azy-tong members a apted tooperate between the inturned members.

of the side beams of the platform, a bracket secured to each end of the shaftpassing through the lower outer lazy-tong member, said bracket supporting two rollers adapted to operate between the inturned members of the side'beams of 'the base-frame, rollers mounted on the shafts passing'through the lower inner lazy-tong members adapted to operate between .the said inturned members 0 the said side beams of the base-frame and 1 means to operate said lazy-tongs to elevate or depress said platform.

BENJAMIN L. WESTERVELT. Witnesses:

LANGDON MOORE, L. VREELAND. 

